AMD Athlon PRO 200GE vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
• 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1736 vs 1511
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3693 vs 2839

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1736 1511
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3693 2839

Compare specifications (specs)